Writing

The Exquisite Corpse Project
An Ongoing Reading Activity with famous authors connected with the Library of Congress website.

The Exquisite Corpse Adventure has begun - this is a really fun project sponsored by Center for the Book and the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance. The project notes define an "exquisite corpse" as "an old game in which people write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold it over to conceal part of it and pass it on to the next player to do the same. The game ends when someone finishes the story, which is then read aloud." In this version, episodes will be added every two weeks by top authors and illustrators. Jon Scieszka and Chris Van Dusen tackled the first installment, Katherine Paterson and James Ransome created the second, and the next episode from Kate DiCamillo will be posted shortly:

Read it now! http://www.read.gov/exquisite-corpse/ Scroll to the bottom to read the newest Episodes!
Episode 3 coming October 23, 2009 by Kate DiCamillo


Check out the writing prompts and Contests put together by Reading Rockets to support the Exquisite Corpse Project.
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/fun/exquisiteprompt




How a Poem Happens blog
"How a Poem Happens" is a wonderful blog for teachers who love poetry and want to nurture their own reading habits. Each week a poem is presented, along with an interview with the poet about their creative process. A number of the poems are also about reading and writing, useful on their own for read alouds and discussion in middle or high school classrooms:
http://howapoemhappens.blogspot.com/